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IU’s Global Gateways are dedicated to helping create platforms for the IU community to engage with international partners. We offer connections and support for meaningful exchange – both in-person and virtual – between our students, faculty, staff and alumni, partner institutions, and many more contacts throughout the gateway regions.

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This series brings together IU faculty, international scholars, arts administrators, and practitioners to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the creative arts around the world.

Explore how the contemporary art scenes in Mexico, Germany, and China are responding to the pandemic. See how performers, museums and other venues are finding creative ways to connect to their audiences during this period of restricted mobility and access.

Session 1: A Global Tour of Creativity and Innovation

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

12 p.m.—1:30 p.m.

Scholars and practitioners from IU, Mexico, Germany and China discuss how their local contemporary art scenes are responding to the pandemic.

Session 2: A Historical Perspective on Art and Innovation during Crises

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

12 p.m.—1:30 p.m.

What can art history tell us about creativity during trying times and what developments we may expect as a result of the current pandemic?

Session 3: The New Normal for the Arts, Artists and Consumers

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

12 p.m.—1:30 p.m.

Explore the new daily life of artists creating within new environments, musicians performing without live audiences, and museums and others presenting different approaches to make art available.

Session 4: (Non)Governmental Responses to Artists in Crisis

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

12 p.m.—1:30 p.m.

How are those charged with advancing the work of arts and humanities, like foundations, government agencies or collaborative university entities, adapting to the current situation?

Session 5: Gimme Shelter: Music in the Time of Corona

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

12 p.m.—1:30 p.m.

In this session, we explore the particular challenges to musicians who often present their art to very large audiences.

Session 6: Protest Art

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

12 p.m.—1:30 p.m.

While many artists have used their talent to create works depicting the myriad situations brought upon us by the virus, others are openly protesting government reactions.

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